Optical Cable: Is it okay if it's coiled?

[pr0m3th3u5]

No my PC is not on Gigabit LAN; it using a very old 100Mbps LAN.

I got close to 200Mbps on mobile on installation day which is connected through WiFi 5Ghz @433Mbps.

 

[JB701]

I would suggest trying it on a device with Gigabit LAN to rule out WiFi as the bottleneck.

 

[Smallship]

I think the cable that makes in into your home is just a LAN cable (which isn't that sensitive to angles) so you should be fine.

No, I'm talking about the thin optical fiber wire, inside the box that sits between the black cable and the ONT. ACT does full FTTH here unlike FTTN and ethernet to home in other cities. My Optical signal levels are close to yours and I didn't have a problem with the speeds, yet.

 

[pr0m3th3u5]

@JB701 I don't have a Gigabit LAN but I also have ACT Fibernet connection @75Mbps. The mobile correctly shows 75Mbps on 75 Mbps ACT connection as opposed to 50 Mbps on 200Mbps BSNL connection.

BSNL Fiber - Modem by Alphion
ACT Fiber - Router by Asus

@Smallship Oh, I see!

 

[pr0m3th3u5]

Figured it out!

When setting up WiFi security I chose WPA2+WPA3 thinking it's gonna have "the bestest" security. It brought down the speed by 25%!

When I selected WPA2 and disabled IEEE 802.11w the speed is no longer capped at 50Mbps. It's kinda wild.... 100 - 200Mbps.

My guess: My phone is only providing "software support" for encryption required by WPA3 so it just slowed everything down. Or maybe it's just the router.

BUT

My speed is still not constantly 200 Mbps it varies too much... what can I do about it? As in most of the time upload speed is reaching 240 Mbps but download only 100+ Mbps...